Sen. Chuck Edwards (R-Henderson) is the new co-chair of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Unemployment Insurance. | Facebook
Sen. Chuck Edwards (R-Henderson) is the new co-chair of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Unemployment Insurance. | Facebook
Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) has appointed Sen. Chuck Edwards (R-Henderson) as the new co-chair of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Unemployment Insurance.
“I’m eager to accept this challenging oversight responsibility," Edwards said in an Aug. 17 statement posted to his website. "Thousands of people in our community waited weeks and months for the [Gov. Roy] Cooper administration to send out unemployment checks earlier this year, and I intend to aggressively oversee the Cooper administration’s work to issue the new $300 weekly supplement offered by President Trump.”
The committee monitors Cooper's administration's Division of Employment Security (DES). The monitoring of DES is important, especially right now during the COVID-19 pandemic with the high unemployment rate due to businesses being shut down.
“Sen. Edwards is a passionate advocate for his community. He’s the right person to co-chair this critical committee now, when oversight is most needed," Berger said in the statement.
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